[OT?] make bash script wait for called program to finish?

[Larry Hall]

At 06:20 PM 4/18/2004, you wrote:
>How to make a bash script wait for a program that it calls to finish?
>Why I ask:
>
>Don't ask me why this process is structured this way, but, in order to
>install some code that I need in order to test my code, I hafta
>
>a wget an (executable) extractor and some (non-executable) binaries
>
>b run the extractor on the binaries. This runs some InstallShield UI
>  that no one I know seems to know how to script. This creates an
>  installer and a set of disk images.
>
>c run the installer on the images. Fortunately this part I know how to
>  script.
>
>What I'd really like to do is script the whole thing, because each
>step takes about 30 min, but step b eludes me. So what I'd like my
>script to do is
>
>0 wget
>
>1 launch the extractor UI, which I will briefly twiddle
>
>2 wait for the extractor to finish
>
>3 check that the installer and images were created
>
>4 run the installer on the images
>
>I know how to script everything but 2: how can I do that?
>
>Apologies if this is a FAQ: if so, please pass a pointer. If possible
>please post to me as well as the list, and TIA.


What did you try?  Should we assume that 'wait' didn't work for you?



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